Wheathampstead is an Ancient Parish in the county of Hertfordshire. Harpenden is a chapelry of Wheathampstead.
Other places in the parish include: Hamwell and Marford.
Alternative names: Whethampstead
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1690
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHEATHAMPSTEAD, a village and a parish in St. Albans district, Herts. The village stands on the river Lee and on the Hertford and Dunstable railway, 5 miles NNW of St. Albans; was known, at Domesday, as Watamestede; was the meeting-place of the barons, in 1312, against Edward II.; and has a post-office under St. Albans, and a r. station. The parish includes two hamlets, and comprises 5,033 acres. Real property, £9,848. Pop., 1,960. Houses, 395. The manor was given, by Edward the Confessor, to Westminster Abbey. Mackrey-End, Delaport, and Lamer are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £730. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is cruciform, with central tower and spire, and was restored in 1866. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, handsome national schools of 1862, and charities £195. Abbot Bostock, who died in 1440, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Abstracts of transcripts of Wheathampstead, Co. Herts., 1622-1705/6
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
Monumental inscriptions, Wheathampstead, Hertford, England : abt. 1600-1900
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire monumental inscriptions of the parish church of St. Helen’s : with United Reformed Church, Brewhouse Hill burial ground
Author: Smith, Roy; Dunn, Diane; Hertfordshire Family and Population history Society. St.Albans Local Group; Hertfordshire Family and Population History Society
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wheathampstead, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wheathampstead, 1604-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
Churchwardens’ account book, 1800-1887
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead, parish registers
The parish registers of Wheathampstead Herts., 1604-1839 : based on the bishop’s transcripts deposited at the County Record Office, Hertford and the parish registers from 1690, and including extracts from 1507
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire); Allen, Thomas F.; Steele, Edward
Parish registers of Wheathampstead, 1690-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
Transcripts of the parish registers of Wheathamsted, 1622-1706
Author: Tann, Edward
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish printout of Wheathampstead, Hertford, England
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia lists, parish of Wheathampstead
Author: Hill, John
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Wheathampstead parish records
Author: Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
England, Hertfordshire, Wheathampstead – Public records ( 1 )
Wheathampstead parish records
Author: Wheathampstead (Hertfordshire)
Administration
- County: Hertfordshire
- Civil Registration District: St Albans
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon (Hitchin Division)
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Rochester, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Berkhampstead, Post-1844 – St Albans
- Poor Law Union: St Albans
- Hundred: Dacorum
- Province: Canterbury